Choosing the right doctor for your cosmetic procedure in Melbourne is an important decision. An experienced doctor is more likely to produce a positive result, resulting in years of happiness and boosted confidence. Choosing an inappropriate doctor, however, may result in a less than desirable outcome.
To choose the best cosmetic physician in Melbourne for your needs, you must shop around, and assess various physicians’ qualifications, skill, reputation, after-care – and finally, your gut feeling, which includes how comfortable you feel with the physician and if you feel you could trust them. Let’s take a look at these points in finer detail.
Qualifications & skill
- Are they qualified to perform the procedure in question?
- How did they train for the procedure you would like performed?
- How many patients have they treated previously for this cosmetic procedure?
- Look at the doctor’s work: do you share the same aesthetic sensibilities as the doctor?
Your emotional response or ‘gut feeling’
- Is the physician happy to spend time with you and treat any questions?
- Do you feel comfortable with the physician?
- Do you feel that you could trust the physician?
Reputation
- Have I heard or read positive/negative reviews about the doctor?
Customer service and after-care
- Are all the prices given to me upfront?
- What kind of after-care is available?
- Am I given instructions on follow-up care after the surgical procedure?
- Is the doctor happy for you to “shop around” and asked for opinions from other doctors?
- Experienced – Dr Feldman commenced her injectable practice in 1991. Her cosmetic practice focus on dermal fillers & anti-wrinkle injections) .
- For many women, it’s comforting and less threatening to talk to a female physician. As a woman herself, she knows firsthand the vulnerabilities and insecurities many women experience.
- Always spends a long time with her clients, answering any questions until the client is happy to go ahead with the procedure.
- Joni was also one of the first in Australia to acknowledge the scientific benefits of Retin-A, prompting “60 Minutes” to interview her exclusively on their program.
- Dr Feldman started performing liposuction after 2 years of understudy guidance and completing the fellowship of lipoplasty (FACCSM). She commenced her lipsuction practice in the year 2000.
- She will always ask you to seek the opinion of another physician before you decide to proceed with any suggested procedures.
Dr Feldman’s qualifications
- MBBS (MELB)
- Fellow of the Australian College of Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine
- Fellow of Lipoplasty Australian College of Cosmetic Surgery.
- Founding Members of the Cosmetic Physician Society of Australasia.
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